[ale] 10GB Lan

[Greg Freemyer]

Thanks, but it sounds like it is too expensive for now.  I'll check
again in a year or two.

Greg

On 6/27/06, Brian Hartsfield <krandor1 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 10GB is high speed ethernet.  Any failover would be the same as you would
> use with normal ethernet (HSRP, etc.)
>
> If 10K is too much then 10GB is not worth looking at.  Just the XENPAKS
> (equivilant of GBICS) start at 3K list and since you normally need two you
> are at 6K before you even start buying switches that support 10GB.  The 6500
> blade is around $20-25K list IIRC.
>
> 10GB is nice, but it is still very expensive.
>
>
> On 6/27/06, Greg Freemyer <greg.freemyer at gmail.com > wrote:
> >
> All,
>
> Anyone know of a site that gives the basics of how 10GB Lan works?
>
> I mean cable requirements. max runs. etc.  Is it purely just a fast
> ethernet, or does have some  failover capability.  (ie. I'm hoping it
> may have some FC-like features.)
>
> Also,  anyone know roughly how expenisive this technology is.  ie. If
> I wanted to put in a couple of high-speed storage servers (iSCSI ??)
> and have 10 or so compute nodes on the front-end, how much am I
> looking at?
>
> $10K or more just for the network (adaptors, GBICs?, switch(s),
> cables, etc.) would be too much I think, but anything less than that
> is worth thinking about.
>
> Thanks
> Greg
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